Indian Trail Junior High School in Addison, where Jami was a teacher. Each month the program gave both a male and a female student four tickets to a Wolves game and a gift bag. The students were chosen based on attitude, effort and attendance. After retiring from professional hockey, he coached youth hockey and helped manage an Irish pub. Death and legacy After complaining of stomach pains for several days, Breslin was taken to a hospital on Thanksgiving of 2004. There he was diagnosed with appendiceal cancer and underwent surgery. He died eleven weeks later on February 9, 2005, due to complications from the cancer. The Wolves honored Breslin by wearing a helmet sticker shaped like a shamrock with his initials inside of it for the 2004–05 season. As a way of helping his family financially, the Wolves and Chicago Blackhawks put on a charity game called the "Breslin Cup". The game featured 40 players, most of whom were former players from the two franchises. All the proceeds from the game went to a trust set up for the family. The game drew around 10,000 fans, with the Wolves' alumni defeating the Blackhawks' alums in a shootout. The Breslin Cup and associated events raised over $250,000 for the family. The following season the Wolves further honored Breslin with an on-ice ceremony that concluded with the raising of a banner of his name. They also created a team award called the Tim Breslin Unsung Hero Award, to be given annually to a player who "best typifies Breslin's on-ice spirit and team-first attitude", and a college scholarship, the Tim Breslin Memorial Scholarship, in his honor. A winner is chosen each season from students who fill out an entry form and write a corresponding essay. The scholarship pays for one semester of college. Breslin was inducted into the Illinois Hockey Hall of Fame in 2013. Career statistics References External links 1967 births 2005 deaths American men's ice hockey left wingers Chicago Wolves (IHL) players Ice hockey players from Illinois Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey players Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL) players South Carolina Stingrays players People from Downers Grove, Illinois People from Addison, Illinois Chicago Cheetahs players NCAA men's ice hockey national champions